Category Archives: Reviews

Let’s make it personal: Offbeat Bride (2nd edition)

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

Most how-tos read like recipes, deconstructing the Heston’s Feast that is a wedding into the main ingredients, dumbing it down for homely brides-to-be who just want to recreate a traditional dish. Catherine Yarnovich Risling’s Pretty Weddings for Practically Pennies is … Continue reading →

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Subverting Cosmo: The Savvy Girls’ Money Book (1st edition)

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

The Savvy Girls’ Money Book by Emily Chantiri offers financial self-help for the likes of Carrie Bradshaw, the kind of ‘girl who thought she could never get her head around money issues’. Such girls are expected to able to get their heads around Cosmopolitan, however. Chapters from … Continue reading →

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A stylish lesson in how to make do: Flea Market Style

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Most books on interiors encourage readers to buy in on a certain trend. Flea Market Style is no exception with its double-page spreads of what could only be described as Frankie chic. For most of the book, stylist Emily Chalmers, interiors writer Ali Hanan and photographer Debi … Continue reading →

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There’s no trick to it: Save Money on Your Mortgage

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

If you’re serious about saving, you should look to your mortgage. After all, according to New Zealand finance writer Martin Hawes, the ‘mortgage has more scope for saving and adding to your net worth than any other area of your … Continue reading →

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New bag, old tricks: Frugavore

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

Organic food. People are either for or against it. Organic converts conscientiously object to the overcrowding of livestock, genetic modification, the use of antibiotics and other chemicals in conventional farming, whilst skeptics will insist that the organic food’s claim to … Continue reading →

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